Photoluminescence: A surprisingly sensitive lifetime technique

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 903-906

  Trupke, T ^a   Bardos, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; QUASI STEADY STATE; SUNS-VOC MEASUREMENTS;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 27944443296     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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